Process of decorating walls



G. A. NEWMAN PROCESS OF DECORATING WALLS Nov. 16 1926 Filed Dec. 50.1924" Fig '1 In Yen for: N Ne wm an.

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GEORGE A. NEWMAN, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

PROCESS OF DECORATING WALLS.

Application filed. December 30, 1924.

My invention relates to process of decorating walls and an object is toprovide a process which is much more expeditious and convenient than thecustomary method of stencilling patterns upon walls. My process broadlyconsidered consists in provida sheet of paper or other flexible materialhaving any desired pattern thereon in relief, applying paint of anydesired color to said pattern and pressing said pattern with the paintthereon in wet condition upon successive portions of the wall.

The full objects and advantagesof my invention will appear inconnectionwith the detailed d e cription thereof and the novel featuresembodied in my inventive idea will be particularly pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawing,;which illustrates the steps in my process,

Fig. 1 is a face view showing a fragment of an unpainted wall. Fig. 2 isa face view showing the fragment of the wall painted for a background.Fig. 3 is a face-view showing the fragment of the wall painted with apattern over the background. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of asheet of paper having a pattern in relief thereon. Fig. 5 is an enlargedsectional view of a border-lilre piece of paper having a pattern inrelief thereon.

In carrying out my process a wall designated at 10 in Fig. 1 is firstpreferably paintcd with any desired color to form abackground. Ir. casethe wall is already painted with a suitable color toconstitute abackground, it may suffice to clean the wall without applying a newbackground coat. The background is indicated at 12 in Fig. 2, the colorbeing shown as yellow for illustrative purposes. After the backgroundcoathas been applied it is allowed to dry before proceeding with therest of my process. For this purpose I provide heavy sheets of paper orother flexible material having patterns thereon in relief. In Fig. 4raised portions which form the-pattern are indicated at 1 1, this paperbeing intended for use in imparting a pattern to the main portion of thewall. In Fig. 5 raised portions which form the pattern are indicated at16, this paper being intended for use in imparting a pattern to theborder portion of the wall. After Serial No. 758,945.

and it is pressed down upon successive portions of the wall until theentire surface is covered with the pattern. Additional paint is appliedto the pattern-paper from time to time, as necessary, to impart theproper amount of paint. In order that the pattern may be properlypositioned on the wall, the paper is oiled or otherwise made translucentor the material may originally be translucent in order that theunderlying surface of the wall may be seen therethrough. As shown inFig. 3, the paint for the pattern is indicated as being blue, al-

though it will be understood that any desired color may be used. In thisfigure the main pattern is indicated at 18 and the border pattern at 20.It will be obvious that if desired, different colored paints may be usedfor the main and border patterns. Any heavy paper, or other flexiblematerial having a raised portion thereon, may be used. In practice,heavy wall paper having a pat tern in relief of the same absorbentmaterial as thepaper has been found to be very effective.

I claim:

The process of decorating walls which consists in providing a sheet offlexible absorbent material having a pattern thereon in relief of thesame absorbent material as said sheet treating said material to renderit trans lucent, applying paint to said pattern, press ing said patternwhile the paint thereon is still wet upon successive portions of thewall, and'applying additional paint to said pattern from time to time asrequired to impart the proper amount of paint to the wall.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

. GEORGE A. NE'WMAN.

